First Session & Rate

* Have you been involved in spiritual direction before? (If so, describe the experience briefly.)

* Why are you seeking spiritual direction now and what are you hoping to receive?

* How do you experience prayer at the moment?

The outcome of this prayerful review will provide the pace for our future sessions. After six sessions we will review the relationship and come to a mutually agreeable place of either continuing or ending the commitment.

My fee is $40 per session. Sessions last about an hour. The first session is complimentary, to let you try it out, meet me, and to see if it feels right. You are under no obligation to continue – for the choice to pursue the path of spiritual direction is between you and God alone.

For online sessions you may choose to pay with Paypal which I offer on this site. Simply scroll down the right hand side bar till you will find the Paypal button just after 'About Me' and just prior to the Franciscan Tau image. The drop down menu allows payment for up to 3 sessions. It takes time to build a relationship of trust and comfort, therefore after an initial complimentary session, I ask for a commitment of aseries of 3 sessions.

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About Me

Commissioned as a Spiritual Director, I am a member of the Order of Secular Franciscans and student of René Girard reflecting on how we desire according to the desires of the other. I have spent much of my life with a small family business and more recently helping a local Faith In Action ministry, connecting volunteers with seniors. My patron saint is Saint Bernadine of Siena. With my wife Ann Charback, we attend St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bloomington, IL.

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Henri Nouwen - from Reaching Out

How do we know that we are not deluding ourselves?

Thomas Merton

The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody.

My Patron Saint - St Bernadine of Siena

In all your actions, seek in the first place the kingdom of God and his glory. Direct all you do purely to his honor. Persevere in brotherly charity, and practice first all that you desire to teach others.

René Girard

Mimetic Theory has two dimensions which appear to be distinct, but are in fact inseparably intertwined. The first of these is the mimetic, or imitative nature of desire. The second is the "scapegoat mechanism'. Click on photo to link to "We didn’t invent sacrifice, sacrifice invented us: unpacking Girard’s insight" by James Alison

Quotes

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." [This quote is in Gil Bailie's Violence Unveiled, p. xv, where he attributes the quotation to a conversation he had with Thurman.]

"A Catholic without a spiritual director is like an Olympic athlete without a coach." - Mary Houser, Source: Mater Ecclesiae College

“The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master (a spiritual director) is like a burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.” — St. John of the Cross